State Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, chairs the Senate Finance Committee. With her during a 2016 hearing on the state budget are, left to right, Sens. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville; Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen; and John Whitmire, D-Houston. Jay Janner AP BY RALPH D. HEATH AND C.W. “DUB” [...]
Lyrics: Lyin' next to you Wishing I could disappear...aay Let you fall asleep And vanish out into thin air..aay It's the elephant in the room And we pretend that we don't see it. It's the avalanche that looms above our heads. And we don't believe it. [...]
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Download from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SomeoneElsesHouse All proceeds will help fund grants and programs through the CREATE Foundation to help make a difference to the lives of young people in care. Someone Else's House was inspired by a social collaboration between young people in care with Life Without [...]
Let’s just start this article out with some of the most memorable names that I have been called: fag, faggot, queer, gay, homosexual, sinner, and even told multiple times I should just kill myself and die. Take a single moment and understand that this began when I was [...]
Article by JD John Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016 H.R. 5456 S. Res. 3065 When I became aware of this bill there was much conflict with it. There was unanimous support from the United States House of Representatives, which on any foster youth oriented bill is [...]
Foster Care Alumni Share Advice for Representing Youth in Child Welfare Cases South Texas College of Law (STCL) is committed to serving the public good and producing lawyers able and inclined to give back to society. One of the ways in which the law school accomplishes this [...]
A donor who requested to remain anonymous has announced today that he is pleased to pledge $1000 towards to cost of my transportation to attend the International Foster Care Conference in Sydney, Australia. The remaining funds need to be raised to ensure that I attend this wonderful opportunity. [...]
Chickasaw Times - the Chickasaw Nation newspaper - President visits Indian Country; Obama expresses concern for tribal youth [http://www.chickasawtimes.net/] CONTRIBUTED BY Dana Lance, Media Relations. Durant, Okla. – Improving the lives of young Native Americans was the theme of President Barack Obama’s July 15 address; and three Chickasaw [...]
Pictured: Jimmy D. John, Chickasaw NICWA congratulates member, Jimmy John, as the first NICWA member to be awarded the Wisdom Circle Scholarship, a members-only scholarship for professional and educational development in the field of Indian child welfare. Jimmy is a Foster Care Alumni and will be attending the [...]
